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Contents
- 1 Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: Book of Mormon Witnesses"
- 1.1 Quick Navigation
- 1.2 Response to claim: "Why were the witnesses only allowed to see the plates with 'spiritual eyes'?"
- 1.3 Response to claim: "If the plates were real, why would it take faith to see them?"
- 1.4 Response to claim: "Why does the church now extol the witnesses when Joseph Smith condemned them?"
- 1.5 Response to claim: "Why would most of them leave the church?"
- 1.6 Response to claim: "Why did Brigham Young say that the 3 witnesses doubted and disbelieved in their experience?"
- 1.7 Response to claim: "Why were all of the witnesses (except Martin Harris) related to Joseph Smith or David Whitmer?"
Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: Book of Mormon Witnesses"
| Book of Mormon Races | A FAIR Analysis of: Difficult Questions for Mormons A work by author: The Interactive Bible
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Book of Mormon Inconsistencies |
- Response to claim: "Why were the witnesses only allowed to see the plates with 'spiritual eyes'?"
- Response to claim: "If the plates were real, why would it take faith to see them?"
- Response to claim: "Why does the church now extol the witnesses when Joseph Smith condemned them?"
- Response to claim: "Why would most of them leave the church?"
- Response to claim: "Why did Brigham Young say that the 3 witnesses doubted and disbelieved in their experience?"
- Response to claim: "Why were all of the witnesses (except Martin Harris) related to Joseph Smith or David Whitmer?"
Response to claim: "Why were the witnesses only allowed to see the plates with 'spiritual eyes'?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why were the witnesses only allowed to see the plates with 'spiritual eyes'?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "If the plates were real, why would it take faith to see them?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "If the plates were real, why would it take faith to see them? (D&C17:2) (How could he have translated without the plates, as his scribes said, if he was doing a literal translation of a physical object?)"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why does the church now extol the witnesses when Joseph Smith condemned them?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why does the church now extol the witnesses when Joseph Smith condemned them?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why would most of them leave the church?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why would most of them leave the church?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why did Brigham Young say that the 3 witnesses doubted and disbelieved in their experience?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why did Brigham Young say that the 3 witnesses doubted and disbelieved in their experience? "Some of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, who handled the plates and conversed with the angels of God, were afterwards left to doubt and disbelieve that they had ever seen an angel." (JOD 7:164 1859)."
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why were all of the witnesses (except Martin Harris) related to Joseph Smith or David Whitmer?"
FAIR's Response
Notes